Walking Around

Prince Brian and Prince Charles brought Aurora to the garden at the side of the palace. The Royal Palace has several gardens, all of them were very beautiful. 

"Our little sister is taking a nap or we would have brought you to see her," Prince Charles said as he walked on the path. "Say, are you going to come here often, Cousin Aurora?"

Aurora's lips twitched slightly at Prince Charles's casual words. She had the faint feeling that the education in the Red Kingdom was not very good or it might be the prince himself who was too lazy to follow the etiquette and rules. 

"I will come here to follow my mother to learn, Your Highness," Aurora replied. 

"Eh, learning." Prince Charles' face scrunched when he heard that. He hated studying and if not because of his mother's request, he would have run away all the time when it was time for studying.

Even now, he barely followed his study and often escaped in the middle.

Anyway, his teachers couldn't stop him and none of them dared to stop him. They all knew that if they dared to stop him, they might be the one to be punished. The prince's mother was the favorite concubine of the king.

It was hard for them. 

"There's no need to learn all the time." Prince Brian smiled. "A balance between work and rest is important."

"Yes! Brother is right!" Charles nodded his head repeatedly. 

Aurora looked at the two half brother in front of her and her eyes flickered slightly. Even though she had only met them for a short period of time, she had a gist about their personality and habits. 

"Come on, we'll show you our palace! I believe that you will feel it's very good!" Prince Charles started to introduce the few things there excitedly. He had treated the entire palace as his place.

In the first place, the palace belonged to his father, so in extension, it should be his too. 

Aurora listened to Prince Charles leading the way and silently memorized the route. Prince Brian was also smiling while adding information politely. 

Unfortunately, this didn't last long. 

A servant came.

"Your Highness, it's time for your swordsmanship training," the servant said humbly.

"Ah? I'll only get beaten up!" Prince Charles complained.

He didn't have any talent in swordsmanship, so he has always been beaten up by his teacher during the spar. After that, he simply disliked learning swordsmanship and tried to stay away as much as possible. 

Prince Brian patted Prince Charles' shoulder. "You still have to study or our father is going to punish you."

Hearing the word 'punish,' Prince Charles could only sigh and nodded. He knew very well that it was impossible for him to escape this one class.

For some reasons, his father wanted him to learn swordsmanship so much. 

"We will be going now, Miss Aurora. You may walk around and just don't come to the place I mentioned not allowed," Prince Brian said to Aurora behind them. 

"I understand. Thank you very much, Prince Brian," Aurora replied and curtsied. 

She watched as the two princes left and shook her head slightly. These two princes were by no means stupid and dealing with these two wouldn't be that easy. Right now, they were still young, so it was not apparent yet.

Besides, Aurora was not their enemies nor part of the nobility in this kingdom. If anything, she was their cousin and belonged to another kingdom whom they needed to strengthen the relationship with.

With that in case, they would most likely maintain this superficial relationship on the surface. 

'It's convenient for me.'

Aurora walked through the stone path and headed to her mother's place. As much as she hated her position because of how much the expectation was placed on her shoulder, she also knew that she had to make use of the convenience this position brought to her. 

Only in this way would the cost and the reward would be suitable. 

Walking through the path, Aurora passed by the garden and saw a young servant scurried away with her friend, whispering to each other.

She turned her head and saw the black haired boy sitting by the stairs. 

His dark blue eyes looked rather dull, but there was a faint sharp glint flashed for a moment when he looked at the people who stayed away from him.